Meeting Shared Goals

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The work of more than 60 partners, the Gulf of Mexico Data Atlas leverages resources among agencies and activities.

NCEI brought together data providers from international, federal, state, and nongovernmental organizations to form a multi agency steering committee to guide the development of the Gulf Atlas as well as contribute data and expertise.

Become a Partner

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NCEI seeks data to improve the spatial and temporal understanding of the Gulf of Mexico. Partnerships among data providers is a vital component of this work. If you are a collector/provider of Gulf of Mexico data observations and would like to become a partner or contribute data, please contact NCEI.info@noaa.gov. Data submission guidelines are as follows:

  • Applicability: data must support and improve the Gulf of Mexico Data Atlas
     
  • Releasability: data must be publicly releasable
     
  • Provider Organization: organization must be a recognized federal, state, academic, non-governmental, or private institution
     
  • Data Access: data must be submitted to or reside in a national archive or institutional repository
     
  • Data Format: data must be digital and in a standard format (ASCII, csv, netCDF, shapefile, etc.)
     
  • Data Quality: validated geospatial metadata must be provided; quality assurance and control policies and procedures must be fully described
     
  • Data Validation: data must be validated or compared to a standard reference

 

Current Partners

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration



NOAA Fisheries

  • Southeast Regional Office
  • Southeast Fisheries Science Center
  • Office of Science and Technology

National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service

  • National Centers for Environmental Information

Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research

  • Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory

National Ocean Service

  • Office for Coastal Management
  • National Centers for Coastal and Ocean Sciences
  • Office of Response and Restoration
  • Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
  • Office of Coast Survey

     
Environmental Protection Agency

Mobile Bay National Estuary Program Gulf Ecology Division

 

Department of Defense

United States Army Corp of Engineers (Mobile District)

  • Spatial Data Branch
  • Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise

Engineer Research and Development Center

  • Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory

     
Department of Interior

United States Geological Service

  • Gulf Coast Science Coordination Office
  • National Wetlands Research Center
  • National Water Quality Assessment Program
  • Non-invasive Aquatic Species Program
  • Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS-USA)

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Gulf of Mexico Region

 

Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council

 

Gulf State Agencies
  • Florida Department of Environmental Protection
  • Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
    • Florida Fish and Wildlife Institute
  • Mississippi Department of Marine Resources
  • Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
  • Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
  • Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
  • Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission

     
Academic Institutions
  • Northern Gulf Institute (a NOAA Cooperative Institute)
  • Mississippi State University
  • University of Southern Mississippi
  • Dauphin Island Sea Lab
  • Florida Institute of Oceanography, University of South Florida
  • Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium
  • Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi
    • Harte Research Institute
    • Center for Coastal Studies
  • Texas A&M, College Station
  • University of Colorado
    • Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research

     

Non-Governmental Organizations
  • Gulf of Mexico Alliance
  • Ocean Conservancy
  • Gulf of Mexico Coastal and Ocean Observing Systems
  • NatureServe
  • The Nature Conservancy
  • Gulf of Mexico Foundation

     
International Partners
  • National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity (Comision Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, CONABIO)
  • National Commission for Natural Protected Areas (Comision Nacional de Areas Naturales Protegidas, CONANP)
  • State of the World's Sea Turtles
  • GRID-Arendal- United Nations Environmental Program
  • International Union for Conservation of Nature